2 Samuel 10
1 Después de esto, la muerte llegó al rey de los hijos de Amón, y Hanun, su hijo, se convirtió en rey en su lugar.
Some time later, the king of the Ammon people-group died, and his son Hanun became their king.
2 Y David dijo: Seré amigo de Hanun, el hijo de Nahas, como su padre fue mi amigo. Entonces David envió a sus siervos para darle palabras de consuelo a causa de su padre. Y vinieron los siervos de David a la tierra de los hijos de Amón.
David thought, “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that David was sorry that Hanun’s father [had died]. When those messengers arrived in the land where the Ammon people-group lived,
3 Pero los jefes de los hijos de Amón dijeron a Hanun su señor: ¿Te parece que David está honrando a tu padre enviándote consoladores? ¿No ha enviado a sus sirvientes para que pasen por el pueblo y lo observen en secreto y luego destruirla?
the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is to honor your father that King David has sent these men to say that he is sorry that your father died [RHQ]? [We think that] he has sent them here to look around the city to determine how his [army] can conquer us!”
4 Entonces Hanun tomó a los sirvientes de David, y después de cortar la mitad del cabello en sus barbillas, y cortando las faldas de sus túnicas hasta descubrir las nalgas, después los envió lejos.
Hanun [believed what they said; so he commanded some soldiers to] seize David’s officials and [insult them by] shaving off one side of each man’s beard, and [by] cutting off the lower part of their robes, [with the result that their buttocks could be seen], and then they sent them away.
5 Cuando David tuvo noticias de ello, envió a los hombres con el propósito de encontrarlos en su camino, porque los hombres se avergonzaron enormemente: y el rey dijo: Ve a Jericó hasta que tus cabellos vuelvan a ser largos, y luego Vuelve.
The men were very humiliated/ashamed, [so they did not want to return home]. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent someone to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.”
6 Y cuando los hijos de Amón vieron que se habían hecho odiosos por David, enviaron a los arameos de Bet-rehob y Soba, y pagaron veinte mil soldados sirios, y del rey de Maaca mil hombres, y de Is-tob doce mil.
Then [the leaders of] the Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted [IDM] David [IDM]. So they sent some men to hire/pay some soldiers [from other nearby areas to help defend them]. They hired 20,000 soldiers from [the] Beth-Rehob and Zobah [regions northeast of Israel], and 12,000 soldiers from [the] Tob [region], and 1,000 soldiers from [the army of] the king of Maacah [region].
7 Y al oír esto, David envió a Joab, a todo el ejército y a los mejores combatientes.
When David heard about that, he sent Joab with all of the army [that Joab commanded], to fight against them.
8 Salieron los hijos de Amón y pusieron sus fuerzas en orden de batalla en el camino hacia el pueblo, mientras que los arameos de Soba y de Rehob, con los hombres de Is-tob y Maaca, estaban solos en el campo.
The soldiers of the Ammon people-group marched out and (stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) at the entrance [to their capital city, Rabbah]. The other soldiers from Syria and Tob and Maacah stood by themselves (in their positions/arranged themselves for battle) in the nearby fields.
9 Cuando Joab vio que sus fuerzas estaban en posición contra él delante y detrás de él, tomó lo mejor de los hombres de Israel y los puso en fila contra los arameos;
Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he chose some of the best Israeli soldiers, and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria.
10 Y el resto de la gente se puso en posición contra los hijos de Amón, con Abisai, su hermano, a la cabeza.
He appointed his [older] brother Abishai to be the commander of all the other soldiers, and he told them to (stand in their positions/arrange themselves) in front of [the army of] the Ammon people-group.
11 Y él dijo: Si los sirios son más fuertes y me superan, entonces debes venir en mi ayuda; Pero si los hijos de Ammón te vencen, acudiré en tu ayuda.
Then Joab said, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, your men must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat, we will come and help your men.
12 Anímate y seamos fuertes para nuestro pueblo y para los pueblos de nuestro Dios, y que el Señor haga lo que le parezca bien.
We must be strong, and fight hard [IDM] to [defend] our people and the cities [(that belong to/where we worship)] our God. I will pray/request that Yahweh do what he considers to be good.”
13 Entonces Joab y su ejército avanzaron a la lucha contra los sirios, y huyeron delante de él.
So Joab and his army [advanced to] attack the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them.
14 Y cuando los hijos de Amón vieron la huida de los sirios, ellos mismos huyeron de Abisai y entraron en la ciudad. Entonces Joab dejó de pelear con los hijos de Amón y vino a Jerusalén.
And when [the soldiers of] the Ammon people-group saw that the soldiers from Syria were running away, they also started to run away from Abishai and his army, and they retreated back inside the city. So Joab’s [army] stopped fighting against [the army of] the Ammon people-group, and Joab [and his army] returned to Jerusalem.
15 Y cuando los sirios vieron que Israel los había vencido, se juntaron otra vez.
After [the leaders of] the army of Syria saw that the Israeli army had defeated them, they gathered all their troops together.
16 Y Hadad Ezer envió a los sirios que estaban al otro lado del río: y llegaron a Helam, con sobac, el capitán del ejército de Hadad Ezer, a la cabeza.
[Their king, ] Hadadezer, summoned the soldiers of Syria who lived on the east side of the [Euphrates] River. They gathered at Helam [city]. Their commander was Shobach.
17 Y se le comunicó esto a David: y juntó a todo Israel, pasó por el Jordán y fue a Helam. Y los sirios pusieron sus tropas en posición contra David, e hicieron un ataque contra él.
When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan [River] and marched to Helam. There, the army of Syria (took their positions/arranged themselves for battle), and the battle started.
18 Y los sirios huyeron delante de Israel; y David puso a la espada a setecientos hombres de caballería arameos y cuarenta mil hombres de infantería, y Sobac, el capitán del ejército, resultó herido y allí murió.
But the soldiers of Syria ran away from the Israeli soldiers. David [and his army] killed 700 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also wounded Shobach, their commander, and he died there.
19 Y cuando todos los reyes que eran siervos de Hadad Ezer vieron que fueron vencidos por Israel, hicieron la paz con Israel y se convirtieron en sus siervos. Así que los sirios, con miedo, no dieron más ayuda a los hijos de Amón.
When all the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli [army], they made peace with the Israelis and agreed to accept David as their king. So [the army of] Syria was afraid to help [the army of] the Ammon people-group any more.
